Welcome!
Dear lovers of literature,
This is a very special edition of lit.RUHR : We’re celebrating our 10th birthday! For the 10th time, we are bringing together authors, artists, thinkers and actors in the heart of the Ruhr region. And this year, lit.RUHR events will be taking place in Essen, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Dortmund, Oberhausen and Hagen.
Ten years of lit.RUHR means 10 years of stories, conversations, surprising encounters and powerful voices. Over the years, we have collectively experienced what literature can do for us: It opens up new perspectives,
enlivens spaces, calls old certainties into question and brings people together in dialog. We are incredibly happy to be marking this occasion with you, celebrating words, literature and debates.
And we are so grateful to our sponsors, partners and supporters. Without your trust and dedication, this festival would not be possible.
Thank you!
Your lit.RUHR team
Nächste Veranstaltungen
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lit.kid.RUHR
lit kid.RUHR celebrates reading! And celebrating with it Rufus Beck and Harry Potter, Ingo Siegner and the little dragon Kokosnuss, Die drei ???, Max Mutzke, Clari Corrêa da Silva and many more! In 33 events over five days for school classes and families, everything revolves around books, important topics, exciting stories and enchanting reading experiences. And the stage belongs to children and young people themselves, when great events on our projects #lassmalesen and #lassmaschreiben are on the program. We are looking forward to a joint literature festival!
Accessibility
For years now, the lit.RUHR has been actively working to enable persons with disabilities to participate. There is a wide range of barriers that prevent people with disabilities from participating normally in cultural events. In its efforts to change this, the lit.RUHR offers multiple fully-accessible and improved-access events every year.
Nächste Termine
2027: 13. – 17. Oktober
2028: 11. – 15. Oktober
